He believed that changes in a subject's behavior result from conditioning, a learning process in which a new response becomes associated with a certain stimulus. ... Claim number one is also known as "Methodological" which claims that psychology should concern itself with the behavior or humans and animals. According to methodological behaviorism, reference to mental events (such as an animal's beliefs or desires) adds nothing to what psychology can and should understand about the sources of behavior. ... It explains how human and animal behavior in terms of response and learning his...

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The human brain acts in a similar way to that of its animal counterparts. ... Instead it reacts to a stimulus and takes the best measures. ... Without a thinking mind the human being becomes an animal. ...

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Essentially, the bottom-up process involves perceiving things based on stimulus or pattern recognition. ... The top-down process often creates problems if we assume one animal is another based on similar characteristics. ... Bottom-up and top-down processes are just one of the many characteristics that separate mankind from the rest of the animal kingdom. ...

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